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Linux 2.4.x Initialization for IA-32 HOWTO

Randy Dunlap, rddunlap@ieee.org

v1.0, 2001-05-17


This document contains a description of the Linux 2.4 kernel initialization sequence on IA-32 processors.

1. Introduction

2. Linux init ("ASCII art")

3. Linux early setup

4. Linux architecture-specific initialization

5. Linux architecture-independent initialization

6. Glossary

7. References


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